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A new report backed by the State Department found a 10 percent jump in students coming to the U.S. for higher education.

The new leader of the FBI's Washington, D.C., field office gives his first interview to NPR about security posture in the U.S. capital in the face of threats by the Islamic State.

Less than two weeks before climate talks in Paris, the U.S., Japan and other wealthy countries have reached agreement on one carbon-cutting issue: limiting financing for coal-burning power plants.

Annual rankings by the World Economic Forum suggest that women still lag men in many measures of economic participation and political power. The U.S. has fallen in the rankings since last year.

New study shows that the U.S. citizen children of immigrants who would be covered by President Obama's executive actions on immigration are a growing part of the electorate in key battleground states.

Steve Inskeep talks to journalist Ben Taub, who has a piece in The New Yorker, about why the Brussels suburb of Molenbeek has been a center for radical terrorists in recent years.

It turns out that the Bastille Market was just a short cab ride from where we've been staying in Paris. We got there before most shoppers and vendors were rushing to get set up for the morning rush.

Abdelhamid Abaaoud was killed during a violent police raid conducted by Paris authorities in Paris suburb of Saint-Denis on Wednesday.

The suspected organizer of the attacks was confirmed to be among those killed in a police raid in a suburb of the French capital. The attacks add to worries that extremists are among the migrants.

University of Alabama President Stuart Bell says he plans to add a central diversity officer to campus. The new position is part of an effort to ensure a…